Who runs license plate readers in Tarrant County?
- Approved Flock Safety flowdown agreement
- Agency
- Tarrant County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
- Flock Safety
- Devices
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| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flock Safety flowdown agreement | Tarrant County Sheriff's Office | Flock Safety | Approved | — |
On the map
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- Verified by us
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- Community-reported
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What we do not know
Tarrant County Sheriff
- What the agreement costs, and who pays for it.
- Which underlying contract the flowdown agreement flows down from.
- How many cameras the Sheriff's Office can see, and whether any of them are its own.
- How long a plate read is kept, and who set that period.
- Which other agencies can query the reads, and whose reads the office can query.
- Whether a use, audit and retention policy exists, and whether the Commissioners Court has seen it.
- Whether the agreement is still in force.
What license plate readers are
An automated license plate reader photographs every passing vehicle and records the plate, the time and the place. It does not watch suspects. It logs everyone, and the record is usually kept on a vendor’s servers.
How they work, why agencies buy them, and every county we have documented →
What you can do
Civic action
Show up
This technology is bought and renewed by boards, councils and committees that meet in public. We have confirmed where each of them meets in Tarrant County and how public comment works there.
How to show up in Tarrant County →Personal protection
Protect yourself
Practical steps to shrink your personal data trail. Our guides publish at launch; until then, EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense is the best starting point.
Surveillance Self-Defense ↗